The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-08-06
VOLUNTEER VICTORIOUS.
THE MAIDEN SLOOP CARRIES
OFF The HONORS.
She Sails IN Ahead OF the May flower
fnil 81 M, IS SEA- Beau
tiiui Race.

NEWPORT, r. l., August 5.-The
Goeiet cup regatta today was a succees
without a fsw.. The wind was fresh
from the northeast and 1t held good
all day without abatement Of any con.
sequence and with only a lull about
noon, when haze came up and
threatened for fifteen minutes to shut
out the whole regatta. The course
was what Ia known as the "Sow
and Pigs and Hen and Chickens"
which, with the prevailing wind, gave
long beat TO .inwsrd 10 Sow and Pigs
light ship, at the entrance Of Vineyard
sound, nipei cen miles; run before
the wind across The mouth Of the
sound to Hen and Chickens, forty-one
and a half mi es, and reach Of seven.
teen miles to the fniah, being at Bret
on's Ret light ship, about four miles
east Of the starting line, of B;avsr
Tail. Twenty.one yachts started,
of which seven we're
echooners aud the rest sloops,
including the big flyers Volun.
teer, May flower, Puritan, Atlantic and
Priscilla; the cutters Bedouin and
Stranger, the slcop G acie, and the new
Burgess boat Totlana.' The beats OF
chief interest In the schooner class
were the Sschem, the new steel
schooner Iroquois and The Palmer.
The Sachem was the favorite and abe
won. The sloop Volunteer, although
new and this being her maiden race,
was the fsvorite OF the sloops, simply
because the master hand Of Burgess
Who built the cup winners of two
years past, was the Volunteers de-
elguer, and tho Volunteer won
gloriously. The regatta was perhaps
as uueventful as any that has evei
been raced for the Goelet cups, ant
except Tor the strong :n.srs: solcsn
trstsd In the performances OF Tia,
Volunteer and Sschem 1t would hav'
had little attraction about II.
The starting was at l0:l5 O'Clock
and all OF the yachts but the Oracle
Stranger, Fanny and Concord, and tn,
schooner Resoluts got over wlthou
handicap. The Puritan increased frs
and led the feet almost 10 Sow an,
Pigs. The Volunteer and May howe
and Atlantic were among the d at b
start, but they all crept up. and as th
Volunteer made the d st turn q; Soy
and Pigs, without having TO tack, sh
eot Q big lead on the Puritan, the onl
boat 10 the feet left for her to pas
. when Sow and Pigs light ship wa
. reached. In the same wsy the MAJ
fowsr caught up with the ParitsI
!. but was unable to get by her. Tn
Priscilla was left fer behind the otnt
I three. The Volunteer came In grand
ly, and the other tloope, by.correcte
time, finished in the following order
Mayfover, Is minutes ~ secont
behind Volunteer, Atlantic, Purita
aud Priscilla, The Mayfower WAS M
sailed particularly well, but on n
other hand the Volunteer was bad
crowded &C the start, and los, tim
!. thereby. II 10 thought that the Volui
, teer Is at least eight minutes bettt
|, than the Ma, flower.
The cutter Bedouin won among n
? smaller sloops, although, Of couTe
there was no prize for her, the eul
!, being for schooner and slocp winner
without dlstinction Of clsss. Tbs Gu
!, Ter Stranger was second 10 the BedouI
: by good bre.zes at the lest Of b.
!, reach, which sent her 80 we'll ahei
!, that II IL had not been for her hea'
handicapped minuteB-sbe won
4 have bestan everything bus the Va
: unteer on corrected time.
T. The new Titanis failed to make an
4 thing better thsn tns third plaC
= owing TO the STRANGERS wind cate
. Ia the schooner class the Palm
started fist, and although she Gre
. ahead q little she failed to ~
= much on her smaller rival, viii
chung to her, end sith lime allowan
= easily won the emp. The Iroqu ia d
not Snow up particularly vel. sgair
. her two formidable rivals, aud TO,
II third place.